List of Famous people who died in 2021

Noboru Okamoto , known by the pen name Sanpei Shirato , was a Japanese manga artist and essayist known for his social criticism as well as the realism of his drawing style and the characters in his scenarios. He was considered a pioneer of the controversial gekiga genre of adult-oriented manga.

Corazon Victoria "Dinky" Nerves Juliano-Soliman was a Filipina politician, activist and social worker who served as Secretary of Social Welfare and Development twice under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from 2001 to 2005 and President Benigno Aquino III from 2010 to 2016.

Eliyantha Lindsay White was a Sri Lankan spiritual healer, who treated only VIP's and also used herbs. White was also the personal physician for Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse. He claimed to have healed ailments in many cricket players.

Thein Hlaing, known honorifically as Naga Thein Hlaing, was a Burmese surgeon. He was well known for his performance of endocrine surgery in the Naga Hills of northwestern Burma, using local anesthetic only. Since he was able to cure goitre, which local shamans could not do, Thein Hlaing was recognized by the local residents as Naga Nat and was worshiped as a deity.

Lubomyra Stepanivna Mandziy was a Ukrainian educator and civil servant. On 25 March 2020, she was appointed the Acting Minister of Education and Science.

Peeter Olesk was an Estonian literary scholar and politician.

Dashawn Maurice Robertson, better known as Lil Loaded, was an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and Internet personality. He rose to fame in the summer of 2019 after his song "6locc 6a6y" went viral.

Ack van Rooyen was a Dutch jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist. He was the brother of Jerry van Rooyen.

Michael Solomon Gudinski AM was an Australian entrepreneur and businessman based in Melbourne who was a leading figure in the Australian music industry. Born and raised in Melbourne to Jewish Russian immigrants, Gudinski was mostly known for forming the highly successful Australian record company Mushroom Records in 1972 through which he signed several generations of Australian musicians and performers ranging from MacKenzie Theory, the Skyhooks, The Choirboys, Kylie Minogue, and New Zealand's Split Enz to newer artists such as Eskimo Joe, Evermore and others, forging a string of successful releases by local artists.

Zoran Stanković was a Serbian major-general and politician. He served as the Minister of Defence in the Government of Serbia and the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro and Minister of Health in the Government of Serbia. His affiliation was independent.